Methods of producing new types of hybrid silk and fibers using insects, animals, and plants

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a new and improved method for producing hybrid silk and like fibers. The invention provides a method of sequence of use which has many advantages over prior art.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The closest cross reference found is Class: For DNA ExtractionMethods=435/6.12; 435/6.1; 435/6.11; 536/24.3; 536/24.33; for Hybridnatural fiber composites=428/294.7; 52/793.1; 52/576-577-793; 428/292.1

Current International Class: For DNA Extraction=C12Q 1/68,2006.01/C12P19/34,2006.01/C07H 21/04,2006.01/for Hybrid natural fibercomposites=B32B 13/02,2006.01/E04C 2/34,2006.01/D04H 1/00,2006.01

Field of Search: For DNA Extraction Methods none shown in the search,for Hybrid natural fiber composites=428/117-292.1; 294.4, 297.7; 52/576,577,793.1; 52/793.11

The field of this invention has to do with the extraction of DNA & RNAfrom a hemp plant and Omega 3 from fish into animals and other plantsproducing higher quality silk and or fibers and higher quality meat forhuman consumption.

(2) Description of the art including information disclosed under 37 CFR1.97 & 1.98 There are no drawings accompanying this application. The artis described within the descriptions and claims of this application.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a new and improved method for producinghybrid silk and like fibers. The invention provides a method of sequenceof use which has many advantages over prior art.

To attain this, the present invention involves the developing andproducing of hybrid silk through bioreactors and hybrid silk worms thatwhen introduced to eating hemp produce new types of silk and fibers.This method uses existing silk worms, hemp plants as a basis as well asother types of caterpillars, insects, including spiders, animals andbioreactors to produce new types of strains of fibers. It is intendedthat all byproducts are including but not limited to the seeds and eggsthat result.

The end result is new combinations of DNA, in both plants and animals,using grafting, crossbreeding, splicing, genetic engineering,bioengineering and using all known and future methods and techniquescreating new, different and improved, stronger, more attractive, usablefabrics, materials, fibers, dietary supplements, meats, for the textile,fashion, materials, fiber, food and seed industries.

The process isolates and extracts the DNA from Salmon and other omega 3producing fish and animals and fusing same into the DNA, genome ofchickens, goats and other animals. Isolating and extracting the DNA fromthe genes of insects and animals causing them to ingest and digest hempplants and seeds so chickens and other animal will digest (and retainmore omega 3 and other beneficial elements) in greater volume. The hempplants and seeds create a richer omega 3 meat in their meat.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has a sequence of use comprising, in combination:

Method #1:

Slowly add hemp to the diet of silk worms until they can digest between1% to 99% of their diet in the various types of hemp, industrial hemp,including, excluding, but not limited to cannabis, marijuana.

Method #2:

Infuse the DNA AND/OR RNA of insects and rodents that normally eat hempinto that of the silk worm to add to and/or increase hemp fibers in thesilk. The present invention refers to these new fibers as HEMP SILK™ andSILKY HEMP™.

Method #3:

Infuse the DNA AND/OR RNA of silk worms into insects that eat hemp suchas other caterpillars that produce cocoons.

Method #4:

Graft and/or genetically alter mulberry into and/or with hemp and viceversa to make the new species of plants more digestible to the silk wormand other caterpillars to produce new stains of silk, and new types ofsilk producing worms. The present invention refers to this new plant asHEMPLEBERRY™ and BERRY HEMP™. Genetically infuse hemp DNA into cottonand vice versa to create a new plant. The present invention refers tothis new plant as COTTON HEMP™ and HEMPCOTTON™.

Method #5:

Grow various and new types of silk and cotton fibers in a lab utilizingthe bio-reactor methods combining the DNA/RNA of the various types ofhemp, cotton and silk worms, including but not limited to all planttypes that produce fiber, i.e. cotton, hemp, that can be used to makeclothing and/or fibers with that of the silk worm and othercaterpillars, insects, spiders, rodents and animals.

Method #6:

Insert the genes of silkworms and silk spiders (and other spiders) intohemp and cotton plants in order to produce new fibers in those plants.

Method #7:

Isolate and extract the DNA from Salmon and other omega 3 producing fishand animals and fusing same into the DNA, genome of chickens, goats andother animals. Isolating and extracting the DNA, genes of insects andanimals that cause same to ingest and digest hemp and hemp seeds tocreate riche omega 3 meats in their bodies. The present invention refersto these new meats as “HEMP CHICKEN™, CHICKEN HEMP™, HEMPENCHICKEN™,“HEMP-FED CHICKEN™ and/or OMEGA 3 CHICKEN™ and applies these terms toall animals suitable for human consumption.

The following describes various methods and techniques for infusing theDNA of certain insects, animals and plants into other plants, animalsand insects. Those methods may be used in all of these new combinationsalready described. However, the combinations may be achieved using otherknown and existing methods and techniques to combine same, and/ortechniques and methods that will be discovered in the future. Theprimary uniqueness in these new ideas combine to create new plants andanimals, and not necessarily the techniques and/or methods describedbelow, which are primarily known methods and techniques for combiningplants and animal forms of life. Methods #2 and #3 utilize the DNA ofthe 300 insect pests that cause those insects to ingest hemp andmarijuana. Infuse into the DNA AND/OR RNA of silk worms (and otheranimals and plants mentioned throughout this patent application) the DNAof those pests that causes them to ingest and/or digest hemp, especiallythe most serious hemp pests which are lepidopterist stem borers,predominately European corn borers (Ostrinia nubilalis) and hemp borers(Graptolitic delineana).

Utilize the below methods to infuse into silk worms (and other animalspecies) the DNA AND/OR RNA that cause Beetle grubs that bore into stemsand roots (e.g., Psylliodes attenuate, Ceutorhynchus rapae, Rhinocuspericarpius, Thyestes gebleri, and several Mordellistena spp.) to ingestand digest hemp.

Utilize the below methods to infuse into the silk worms (and all animalspecies') DNA AND/OR RNA the DNA/RNA that causes those insects to damagethe field crops of leaves and flowering tops caused by caterpillars(e.g., hemp borers and budworms), beetles (e.g., Psylliodes attenuata),bugs, and leaf miners, including the predominant pests in marijuanacrops such as the insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts, such asaphids (Pheromone Cannabis, Myzus Persicae, Aphis Fabae), whiteflies(Trialeurodes Vaporariorum, Bemisia spp.), Leafhoppers, and Mealy bugs.

Utilizing the methods described below infused into silkworms, the DNAAND/OR RNA that causes non-insect pests such as mites (TetranychusUrticae, Aculops Cannabicola) to ingest and digest hemp. Utilize variousmethods of introducing foreign DNA AND/OR RNA of the hemp eating insectsinto a eukaryotic cell of the silk worm (and other animals): sometimesrelying on physical treatment (Electroporation, Nanoparticles,Magnetofection), other times on chemical materials or biologicalparticles (viruses) that are used as carriers.

UTILIZING CHEMICAL-BASED TRANSFECTION: Chemical-based transfection willbe divided into several kinds: cyclodextrin, polymers, liposomes ornanoparticles (with or without chemical or viral functionalization).

Use calcium phosphate, HEPES-buffered saline solution (HeBS) containingphosphate ions combined with a calcium chloride solution containing theDNA AND/OR RNA of the hemp eating insects to transfect the silk worms(and other animals). When the two are combined, a fine precipitate ofthe positively charged calcium and the negatively charged phosphate willform, binding the DNA AND/OR RNA to be transfected on its surface. Thesuspension of the precipitate is then added to the cells to betransfected (usually a cell culture grown in a monolayer). The cells ofthe silk worm (and other animals) take up some of the precipitate, andwith it, the DNA AND/OR RNA.

In order to develop new silk (and all animal) producing species, usehighly branched organic compounds, so-called dendrimers to bind the DNAAND/OR RNA and get it into the cell of the silk worm (and all otheranimals).

Utilize the inclusion of the DNA AND/OR RNA to be transfected inliposome's, small, membrane-bounded bodies that are in some ways similarto the structure of a cell and can actually fuse with the cell membrane,releasing the DNA AND/OR RNA of the hemp eating insect into the cells ofthe silk worm (and all other animals). For eukaryotic cells,transfection is better achieved using cationic liposome's (or mixtures),because the cells are more sensitive.

Use cationic polymers such as DEAE-dextran or, polyethlyenimine. Thenegatively charged DNA AND/OR RNA of the hemp eating insects binds tothe polycation of the silk worm (and all animal species) and the complexis taken up by the cell of the silk worm (and all animal species) viaendocythosis.

Non Chemical Methods:

Utilize the electroporation method incorporating an instrument affectingthe viability of many cell types creating micro-sized holes transientlyin the plasma membrane of cells of the silk worm (and all animalspecies) under an electric discharge. Similarly, utilize sono-porationvia transfection applying sonic forces to the silk worm (and all animalspecies) cells.

Utilize the optical transfection method where a tiny (˜1 μm diameter)hole is transiently generated in the plasma membrane of the silk worms'cells (and the cells of all animals) using a highly focused laser. Inthis technique, one cell at a time is treated, making it particularlyuseful for single cell analysis.

Utilize the gene electro transfer technique enabling transfer of geneticmaterial into the prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells of the silk worm.Basing this method on electroporation, a physical method where transientincreases in the permeability of silk worm cell membrane are achievedwhen submitted to short and intense electric pulses.

Utilize the impalefection method of introducing hemp eating insect DNAAND/OR RNA bound to a surface of a nanofiber that is inserted into acell of the silk worm (and all animal species). This approach can alsobe implemented with arrays of nanofibers that are introduced into largenumbers of cells and intact tissue of the silk worm (and all animalspecies).

Utilize the hydrodynamic delivery of the DNA AND/OR RNA of hemp eatingrodents most often in their plasmids, including transposons into thesilk worm (and all animal species) antimicrobial peptides in the fatbody (the insect equivalent of the vertebrate liver) using hydrodynamicinjection that involves infusion of a relatively large volume in theblood in less than 10 seconds.

Particle-Based Methods:

Utilize the direct approach to transfection using the “gene gun” wherethe hemp eating insect's DNA AND/OR RNA is coupled to a nanoparticles ofan inert solid (commonly gold) which is then “shot” directly into thesilk worm cell's (and all animal species) nucleus.

Utilize the magnetofection, or magnet assisted transfection, atransfection method, which will use magnetic force to deliver the hempeating insect DNA AND/OR RNA into target cells of the silk worm (and allanimal species). Nucleic acids are first associated with magneticnanoparticles, then the application of magnetic force drives the nucleicacid particle complexes of the hemp eating insets towards and into thetarget cells of the silk worm (and all animal species), where the cargois released.

Utilize impalefection, carrying this method out by impaling silk worm(and all animal species) cells by elongated nanostructures and arrays ofsuch nanostructures such as carbon nanofibers or silicon nanowires whichhave been functionalized with the plasmid DNA AND/OR RNA of the hempeating insects.

Viral Methods:

Introduce the DNA AND/OR RNA of hemp eating insects into silk worm (andall animal species) cells using viruses as a carrier. In such cases, thetechnique is called viral transcution, and the cells are said to betransduced. This can be done using insect cells.

Utilize methods of transfection which include nucleofection, heat shockto infuse the DNA AND/OR RNA of hemp eating insects (and other hempeating pests) into the cells of silk worms (and all animal species).

Stable and Transsient Transfection:

For many of our applications of silk worm (and all animal species)transfection, it is sufficient if the transfected genetic material isonly transiently expressed. Since the DNA AND/OR RNA introduced in thetransfection process is usually not integrated into the nuclear genome,the foreign DNA AND/OR RNA will be diluted through mitosis or degradedin the silk worm (and all animal species). When it is desired that thetransfected gene actually remains in the genome of the cell and itsdaughter cells, a stable transfection may occur. To accomplish this, amarker gene is contransfected, which gives the cell some selectableadvantage, such as resistance towards a certain toxin. Some of thetransfected cells will, by chance, have integrated the foreign geneticmaterial into their genome. If the toxin is then added to the cellculture, only those few cells with the marker gene integrated into theirgenomes will be able to proliferate, while other cells will die. Afterapplying this selective stress (selection pressure) for some time, onlythe cells with a stable transfection remain and can be cultivatedfurther into the silk worm (and all animal species).

Utilize geneticin as an agent for selecting stable transfection into thesilk worm (and all animal species), also known as G418, which is a toxinthat can be neutralized by the production of the neomycin resistancegene.

RNA Transfection:

Utilize transfected RNA into silk worm (and all animal species) cells totransiently express its coded protein or to study RNA decay kinetics.The later application is referred as RNA transfection or RNA silencing,and has become a major application in research (to replace the“knock-down” experiments, to study the expression of proteins, i.e. ofEndothelin-1) with potential applications in gene-therapy.

Utilizing the embedding of hemp protein [genes] sequenced withinsilkworm's silk (and all animal species' omega 3) [gene] sequences,causing those proteins to co-assemble into composite fibers in variousincreasing amounts of hemp protein (omega 3 for animals) starting at 1%up to 99%.

A small increase of hemp genes into the silkworm (and omega 3 in theanimals), the hybrid silk, (the hybrid meat) is tougher than naturalsilk (and omega 3 richer than natural meat. To create these “hempsilkworms,” and “omega 3 rich animals” insert DNA from a hemp (or a typeof hemp or cotton) protein into silkworm eggs (and insert DNA from anomega 3 protein, into the embryonic cells of the various animals). Tomake sure the genetic transformation is successful; add greenfluorescent protein to the eggs, (and embryonic cells) so thatsuccessfully engineered silkworms (and animals) will glow under bluelight.

Utilize all of the above methods to infuse the DNA or silk and webspinning spiders into that of the silk worm and other cocoon spinningcaterpillars.

Method 4:

Utilize the transgenic method to have genes of hemp inserted intomulberry plant and vice versa. In many cases the inserted DNA of hempand mulberry has to be modified slightly in order to correctly andefficiently express in the host mulberry organism and vice versa.

Utilize Cisgenic method to crossbreed by conventional means.

Utilize “knock out” method to knock out the dominant gene of mulberry toallow phenotype to develop and vice versa. Another strategy is to attachthe gene of hemp to a strong biological “promoter” of mulberry or otherelements and vice versa to see what happens when it is over expressed.Utilize the common technique to find out where the hemp gene andmulberry genes are expressed by attaching them to a “GUS reportersystem” or a similar “reporter gene” that allows visualization of thelocation. Utilize RNA technology to match the inserted DNA of anendogenous gene already in the plant. When the inserted gene isexpressed it can repress the “translation” of the endogenous protein.Utilize host delivered RNA systems so the plants will express RNA thatwill not interfere with silk worms (and all animal species) that havebeen engineered to have the appetite of the insects, nematodes and otherparasites protein synthesis. This provides an additional novel way ofenduring, the genetically engineered silk worms (and all animal species)to the genetically engineered hemp/mulberry plants.

Utilize Mutagenesis to change the genetic information of the hemp andmulberry organisms in a stable manner, resulting in mutations. Theresults will occur both spontaneously and as a result of exposure tomutagens. This will also be achieve experimentally using laboratoryprocedures. Also utilize the following techniques of spontaneoushydrolysis, cross linking, dimerization, and intercalation betweenbases, backbone damage, insertional mutagenesis, and intentional errorin replication, mutagenesis as a laboratory technique, randommutagenesis and site-directed mutagenesis, combinatorial mutagenesis,insertional mutagenesis, and other types of mutagenesis.

Utilize molecular cloning to create recombinant DNA of all of the abovecombinations including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) used to directthe replication of any specific DNA sequence chosen by patent applicant.The present applicant herein may from time to time form recombinant DNAof the above mention using a cloning vector, a DNA molecule that willreplicate within a living cell. Vectors will generally be derived fromplasmids or viruses, and represent relatively small segments of DNA thatcontain necessary genetic signals for replication, as well as additionalelements for convenience in inserting foreign DNA, identifying cellsthat contain recombinant DNA, and, where appropriate, expressing theforeign DNA. The choice when choosing to utilize vector for molecularcloning depends on the choice of host organism, the size of the DNA tobe cloned, and whether and how the foreign DNA is to be expressed. TheDNA segments will sometimes be combined by using a variety of methods,such as restriction enzyme/lipase cloning or Gibson assembly. Thepresent applicant will normally utilize standard cloning protocols, thecloning of any DNA fragment essentially involving seven steps: (1)Choice of host organism and cloning vector, (2) Preparation of vectorDNA, (3) Preparation of DNA to be cloned, (4) Creation of recombinantDNA, (5) Introduction of recombinant DNA into the host organism, (6)Selection of organisms containing recombinant DNA, (7) Screening forclones with desired DNA inserts and biological properties. Patentapplicant will sometimes utilize molecular cloning to achievecommercialization of the ideas recorded throughout.

Method 5:

Create in a lab, using the bioreactor and/or the protein6 reactortechniques, attached to an artificial vine, or other apparatus, man-madesilkworms that imitate the processes of spinning a cocoon so that aslong as it is artificially fed with hemp and/or mulberry and/or anyelements that will give man made silkworms such capacity to produce silkindefinitely, both of traditional consistency and of new improvedstrains of silk created from the unique combinations listed abovethroughout. The present invention includes using the same techniques ofcausing all other animals to consume hemp and transferring the DNA tothose animals that will cause them to produce in their meats omega 3, asmentioned herein for chicken, to all consumable animals. It is to beunderstood that the present invention is not limited in its applicationto the details of construction and the arrangement of the components setforth in the description. The invention is capable of other embodimentsand of being practiced and carried out in various ways, also, it is tobe fully understood that the phraseology and terminology employed hereinare for the purpose of description and should not be regarded aslimited. As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that theconception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilizedas a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systemsfor carrying out the several purpose of the present invention. It isimportant, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including suchequivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spiritand scope of the present invention. Further, the purpose of theforegoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office andthe public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers andpractitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal termsor phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection thenature and essence of the technical disclosure of the presentapplication. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention ofthe application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended tobe limited as to the scope of the present invention in any way.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid silk and like fibers which has theadvantage of the prior art devises and none of the disadvantages.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid silk and like fibers which may beeasily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid silk and like fibers which is of adurable and reliable construction. An even further object of the presentinvention is to provide a new and improved method for producing hybridsilk and like fibers which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacturewith regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is thensusceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, therebymaking such a method for producing hybrid silk and like fiberseconomically available to the buying public. Still yet another object ofthe present invention is to provide a new and improved method forproducing hybrid silk and like fibers which provides in the apparatusesand methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, whilesimultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associatedtherewith. Still another object of the present invention is to provide anew and improved method for producing hybrid silk and like fibersoperable from a novice's level. Yet another object of the presentinvention is to provide a new and improved method for producing hybridsilk and like fibers. It is therefore an additional object of thepresent invention to provide a new and improved method for producinghybrid chickens and other animals fit for human consumption which havethe advantage of the prior art devises and none of the disadvantages.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid animals which may be easily andefficiently genetically modified, raised and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid animals which produce omega 3 intheir bodies to enrich their dietary benefits for human consumption. Aneven further object of the present invention is to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid animals which are susceptible of alow cost of production with regard to both materials and labor, andwhich accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to theconsuming public, thereby making such a method for producing hybridanimals and economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a newand improved method for producing hybrid animals (both living for thefarms and in a lab for bio-reactors) which provide in the apparatusesand methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, whilesimultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associatedtherewith.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid animals operable from a novice'slevel.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new andimproved method for producing hybrid animals. These together with otherobjects of the present invention, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the present invention, are pointed out with aparticularity within the claims annexed in the utility patent.

As to the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, thesame should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, nofurther discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will beprovided. With respect to the above description then, it is to berealized that the optimum dimensional relationships of the invention, toinclude variations, materials, function and sequence of operation, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art and alldescriptions in the specification are intended to be encompassed by thepresent invention.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered a written description of theprinciples of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur it is not desired to limit the invention tothe exact construction and operation described, and accordingly, allsuitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, fallingwithin the scope of the invention.

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 8. Process for the genetic transformation of silkworms with DNA and/or RNA of insects or rodents that normally eat hemp comprising of:
 9. The composition of claim 1, wherein slowly add hemp to the diet of silk worms until they can digest between 1% to 99% of their diet in the various types of hemp, industrial hemp, including, excluding, but not limited to cannabis, marijuana.
 10. The composition of claim 1, wherein infuse the DNA AND/OR RNA of insects and rodents that normally eat hemp into that of the silk worm to add to and/or increase hemp fibers in the silk. The present invention refers to these new fibers as HEMP SILK™ and SILKY HEMP™.
 11. The composition of claim 1, wherein infuse the DNA AND/OR RNA of silk worms into insects that eat hemp such as other caterpillars that produce cocoons. 